D.

D.--Decimus.

D. B.; Domesd. B.--Domesday Book.

D. C.--Dean of Christ Church.

10^{ber}.--December.

D. C. L.--Doctor of Civil Law.

D. D.--Divinitatis Doctor. _Doctor in Divinity._

D. D.--Dono dedit. _Gave as a Present._

D. D. D.--Dat, Dicat, Dedicat. _He gives_, _he devotes_, _he makes sure_, or, _consecrates_.

D. F.--Dean of Faculty (Scotland).

D. G.--Deo gratias. _Thanks to God._

D. G.--Dei gratiâ. _By the Grace of God._

Dict.--Dictator.

D. M. S.--Diis Manibus Sacrum. _Sacred to the Gods of the dead._

Dn.--Dominus.

Do.--Ditto. _The same._

D. O. M.--Deo Optimo Maximo. _To God the best, the greatest._

Dr.--Doctor.

Dr.--Debtor.

E.

E.--East.

Eccl.--Ecclesiastes.

Ecclus.--Ecclesiasticus.

e. g.--Exempli gratiâ. _As for example._

e. g.--Ex grege. _Among the rest_ (literally from the Flock).

Ep.--Epistola.

Eps.--Episcopus.

Erg.--Ergo.

Esq.--Esquire.

Et.--Etiam.

Eur.--Europa.

Exch.--Exchequer.

Ex. g. }--Exempli gratiâ. _As for example._ Ex. gr.}

Exon. D.--Exeter Domesday Book.

Exor.--Executor.

Ex S. C.--Ex Senatûs consulto.

Ex V.--Ex Voto.

F.

F. A. S.{--Fraternitatis Antiquariorum Socius. F. S. A.{ _Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries._

F. D.--Fidei Defensor. _Defender of the Faith._

F. E. S.--Fellow of the Entomological Society.

F. G. S.--Fellow of the Geological Society.

F. H. S.--Fellow of the Horticultural Society.

Fi. B.--Fide bonâ.

Fid.--Fides.

fi. fa.--Fieri facias.

Fil.--Filius.

F. L. S.--Fraternitatis Linneanæ Socius. _Fellow of the Linnean Society._

Fœd. N. E.--Rymer’s Fœdera, New Edition.

F. R. S.--Fraternitatis Regiæ Socius. _Fellow of the Royal Society._

F. R. S. E.--Fellow of the Royal Society, Edinburgh.

F. R. S. L.--Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

F. S. A. E.--Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Edinburgh.

G.

G. C. B.--Grand Cross of the Bath.

G. C. H.--Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.

G. R.--Georgius Rex. _George the King._

H.

h. e.--Hoc est. _That is_, or, _this is_.

Heb.--Hebrews.

Hel.--Helvetia.

Hhd.--Hogshead.

Hier.--Hierusalem. _Jerusalem._

H. J. S.--Hic jacet sepultus. _Here lies buried._

H. M.--His _or_ Her Majesty.

H. M. P.--Hoc Monumentum posuit. _Erected this Monument._

H. M. S.--His _or_ Her Majesty’s Ship.

H. R. I. P.--Hîc requiescit in Pace. _Here rests in Peace._

H. S.--Sestertius. _Two-pence._